"I just hope it's not a message to the community that you have the right to shoot a 17-year-old unarmed kid for trying to break into a car,"

I just hope it's a message to the community that trying to break into a car is NOT a good idea.

As for whether he should have been acquitted, I have not read all the details and cannot be certain (although I lean toward trusting the jury on this one). I do think that even if he encroached on their "comfort zone" and even if his actions triggered an aggressive response from the criminals, it was okay for him to defend himself against that aggressive response. I have seen far too many career criminals who go through the revolving door of our "justice" system; these were criminals and I don't mind seeing a few of them go through the one-way door of the county morgue.

You are a complete idiot. The police never arrive on time. After 11 grade I was working at a gas station. I had another customer call the police. My town was 4 square miles. Customer reported they had guns. It took our cop 30 minutes to arrive. That was 20 minutes after I tricked them and they left. You risk your life waiting on the police stupid.

Scott said when he told the three people he had called the police, two of them stopped, but the third  Mr. Cervini  ran toward him.

Scott testified he heard Mr. Cervini say: Ill get you or Ill get him, and thats when Scott said he had a gun. Thats when he fired his gun, Scott said.

Scott said he went back to his house and told girlfriend to call 911 again, and checked on Mr. Cervini twice and didnt see him moving. Then a police officer showed up, drew his gun and told Scott to put his hands in the air.

“”I just hope it’s not a message to the community that you have the right to shoot a 17-year-old unarmed kid for trying to break into a car,” she said.”
Why not. There’d be a lot less thieving going on.

“I just hope it’s not a message to the community that you have the right to shoot a 17-year-old unarmed kid for trying to break into a car,”

Why Not? First off what’s the punk doing breaking into my can and how am I suposed to know if he is armed or not.Especially with others helping him. If you and your friends are breaking into my car or home or anyother thing I own then you will have to take the final outcome.BANG problem solved.

Next time something like this happens to you call the cops and call for pizza delivery. See which gets there first. Police do not prevent crimes, they come after the fact and take reports to turn over to insurance companies. Nice if you have insurance and no deductible. The best crime prevention is an armed and vigilant populace.

I’m curious, what do you think the police should have done if they did respond, did catch the kids in the act, and the kids resisted? What if it was a single policeman and the kids moved on him in a threatening way? Every person should have the same rights and perview as the police when it comes to protecting their own property.

There should be no law that requires people to standby while their possessions are taken from them and their property destroyed. It isn’t civilized.

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posted on 12/20/2009 8:31:30 AM PST
by SampleMan
(No one should die on a gov. waiting list., or go broke because the gov. has dictated their salary.)

Just me, maybe, but I would never use deadly force to defend a car, regardless of what the law says.

Could I in good conscience live with that trade off?

Is the car worth defending yourself in some civil suit to claim damages?

Should it be the death penalty for the crime of stealing a car?

I don’t know the facts of this case, but I would hate to suffer the reality of the aftermath of shooting someone not placing me or another in fear of death or great bodily harm.

Having said that, is that was is going on here? If the shooter is to be believed, he in fact was reasonably in fear of death or great bodily harm, and probably did shoot to protect himself, not to stop the theft.

Therefore, the prosecutor is wrong in drawing the inference - it was not about defending the car, it was about defending himself.

For the prosecutor to conflate what are two separate issues is a good reason why the jury did not find him guilty, and why the prosecutor was maybe overagressive in prosecuting him in the first place.

I hope that the shooter finds peace with his decision, and continues to believe that it is all right for him to defend himself when threatened.

We are not obliged to sit by, during the commission of a crime and hope the cops show up in time. There is no reason to believe the thieves were not armed and there is no reason to believe that THREE punks challenging you are not a threat.

Rather than pronouncements about “cold blooded murder”, the father should examine why he didn't teach his son that there are consequences for crime, and that it's not just the next step in hide ‘n seek.

If these thug kids had not been out stealing cars, the punk would not have been shot. Period. So Scott should have retreated into his house and allowed his vehicle to be stolen/vandalized? BULL!! And although this article makes no mention of it, the punk kid started TOWARDS Scott. The jury should not have been deadlocked. In fact in this case 12 people should have been able to PHONE in their votes.

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posted on 12/20/2009 8:38:32 AM PST
by Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)

I am sure this man did not want to kill him, but stealing is just as risky as defending yourself.

Had this kid been driving 110 miles an hour and hit a tree, sure, I would say he didn’t deserve to die, but I also would have understood why he died. He was reckless, and so it auto theft.

When you try to steal from someone, you must understand that there are inherent dangers. Had his parents raised him properly, this youth would have known that. I leave Mr. Scott blameless in this matter. I too would have went out there with my pistol and it could have ended up the same way.

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